Tag Archives: 1920’s

1920: A Brief Guide to Neoliberalism

Posted on August 31, 2017 by corvusfugit

A beggar runs alongside the coach of King George V, 1920.

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1921: New Planet

Posted on August 21, 2017 by corvusfugit

Konstantin Yuon: Новая планета [New Planet] (1921)

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1924: Island

Posted on August 16, 2017 by corvusfugit

Lawren Harris: Pic Island (ca. 1924) (source)

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1920: Gobi

Posted on August 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

Panoramic view of the Gobi Desert taken during one of Roy Chapman Andrews’ Central Asiatic Expeditions in the 1920s. (source)

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1914: Honour Has Come Back, as a King, to Earth

Posted on August 14, 2017 by corvusfugit

Harry Clarke: “Honour has come back, as a king, to earth,” illustration for Rupert Brooke’s poem “The Dead” in The Year’s at the Spring; an Anthology of Recent Poetry (1920). The poem was first published in 1914, in the autumn … Continue reading →

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1920: Nazi Assholes

Posted on August 13, 2017 by corvusfugit

Hitler’s doodles for the Nazi symbol. Readers of Kurt Vonnegut will recognize the one on the bottom left as just a picture of an asshole: Sources: “Sketch of Hitler’s from 1920 with the remark: ‘The holy signs of the Germans. … Continue reading →

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1929: The Metropolis of Tomorrow

Posted on August 13, 2017 by corvusfugit

Hugh Ferriss: Illustration from The Metropolis of Tomorrow (1929) (source)

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1922: Dada for All

Posted on August 12, 2017 by corvusfugit

L’optimisme dévoilé pour: les thés mondains les fabricants de boîtes d’allumettes l’ennui d’argent une nuit d’ordre supérieur un cylindre d’azote couvert d’un chapeau haut-de-forme un philosophe tombé dans les plaisirs des cascades vierges un beau paysage alpin avec la lune … Continue reading →

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1922: Hercules

Posted on August 10, 2017 by corvusfugit

John Singer Sargent: Hercules and the Hydra (1922-1925) (source) After the goddess Hera makes Hercules lose his mind and murder his own wife and children, he prays to Apollo for guidance and it told by the god’s oracle to atone … Continue reading →

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1921: The Roosters and the Fox

Posted on August 8, 2017 by corvusfugit

Chaim Nachman Bialik: The Roosters and the Fox; Omanut Press, ca. 1921 (source)

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